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HERIMS

HLT Heat exchanger Electric

My version of a HERIM system

Yes thanks, I did order a PH meter and I found a link for a water testing company, as soon as i get home i will send in the sample. I can't remember the thread but it was a lengthy one that the member could not get rid of his chill haze oddly enough he is from Maine, as am I. Anyway I...

Hey welcome, I am also in Iraq should be going home shortly to put my HERIMS together All the parts are waiting in my garage as we speak, just curious where you are at, as I am currently in Al Asad. Anyways good luck safe travels Gary

Excellent, thank you for the info. No no not embarrassed, I can admit when i am a NOOB (which I am LOL) on something, but I always do thorough research to make sure I can try to eliminate as many variables as I can only then I can truly understand the relationship of the entire all grain brew,as...

I just re-read this post and realized it possed another questioni (I am not challenging i am just seeking clarification) I was under the understanding that a decot MASH that you did not want the grains in there when you raise the temp only the sweet wort, basically not to boil the grains in the...

Ok all thanks for the replies, I see that there is some debate on this just on the 4 replies I received so far, hope this doesn't spark up something. I thought I was thinking it through correctly I just wanted to hear something from the Pros. As I understand it and all that I have read on the...

Hello all, I am still fairly new to posting here, due to multiple deployments so bare with me on this. My question (which i researched and did not find the answer) is all the reading I have done on the subject of MASH and fly or batch sparging, the chemistry is the same everywhere I...

Ok I need to renew this thread, because i just got a look at this recipe and wow it looks yummy, however my question is why is your sparge at 175? I thought 172 is the max you ever want to go because of the release of tannis above 172. So I am putting this question out to whomever can help, I...

Are you kidding me New England has many of the best Brewerys micro brew all the way into Maine, Seadog brewery, allagash, moosehead, http://wachusettbrew.com/ tons in NH, remember from Boston, you are only about 40 minutes from NH Tons of micro brews and an hour and half from Portland Maine...

Wow, ok the Priming problem and cavitation needs to get fixed first, some of the suggestions are right on, first and foremost mount the pumps horizontally and ensure the pump output is pointing directly up, try not to allow the hoses to loop below the pump so 90 degrees on the input, use elbows...

HERIMS

Once i return from Iraq this is my new brewery design, the crude drawing is all i could muster on a government PC